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Olive Math is standing on the 102nd floor of the Empire State building, thinking about mathamatics. She realizes that, if she were able to throw a ball from her present position, the height of the ball in feet, h, at time t seconds could be modeled by the equation
h = -16t^2 + 64t + 1224.
How [...]

You see it on HGTV and elswhere on TV. “Upgrade your kitchen and recoup 98% of the investment!” “Repaint the exterior and recoup 120% of the investment!” The list goes on. Has anyone actually checked to see if you really do recoup home improvement investment in the form of higher resale [...]

I will give the answers later, in the additional comments.
Please, do not look it up. I just want FUNNY wild guesses…Let’s have fun!
1. What is the average distance from the Moon to the Earth? (it you guess between when the Moon is closest and when it’s farthest, you’re good).
2. What is the capital of Venezuela?
3. [...]

42) A gumdrop is released from rest at the top of the Empire State Building, which is 381m tall. Disregarding air resistance, calculate the displacement and velocity of the gumdrop after 1.00, 2.00, and 3.00s
47) a ball is thrown vertically upward with a speed of 25.0 m/s from a height of 2.0m
a) how high does [...]

Tim Allen, whose real name is Time Allen Dick, was born in Denver, but moved to Birmingham after his father as killed by a drunk driver circa 1965. Tim graduated from Seaholm High School in Birmingham, circa 1972, before he went to attend Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo.
While at Western Tim fell into the company [...]

Now.. To begin with.. The two towers were made in such a way so that when a plane crashes into them, only the upper part of that building would get damaged. From before, a B-52 bomber plane crashed into the Empire State building, and it didn’t collapse. Is it really possible that an older building [...]

The scale factor between figure A and figure B is zero point two five. If one side length of figure B is fifty-six yards, what is the corresponding side length of figure A?
fourteen yards
thirty-one yards
eighty-one yards
two hundred twenty-four yards
Question 2 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)
Corresponding sides of similar figures have lengths 4 millimeters and 8 [...]

I am not a big conspiracy person, but recentely I was talking to my friend who is, and he was talking about the twin towers. He told me three things which I reasearched and it is pretty wierd
1.The ‘terroists’ the FBI said flew the planes into the Twin Towers are still alive, its true and [...]

can you please tell me how all these buildings shows examples of geometry
blue mosquehttp://www.kaletour.com/images/blue-mosq…
Eiffel Towerhttp://middlezonemusings.com/wp-content/…
Empire state buildinghttp://www.newyorkpass.com/images/sectio…

Water is to be pumped to the top of the Empire State Building, which is 1200 ft. high. what gauge pressure is needed in the water line at the base of the building to raise the water to this height?
I think the answer is 3.59 x 10^6 but I don’t know how to get [...]